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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.42.40 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Franklin W. Fuller, I company, 74th regiment, Illinois, infantry |
| Title | Lydia Stark to her brother regarding the unpleasant winter and their family |
| Date | 1 March 1864 |
| Author | Stark, Lydia (fl. 1862-1864) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Letter is signed by his sister Lydia. Writes that they have had a very unpleasant winter. The roads were so muddy that they were nearly impassable and her family remained at home for most of the winter. The weather changed so suddenly and frequently that someone in the family almost always had a cold. Writes about the family members who visited her. She is sad to think of how their family seems to become separated further and further each year. His sister Cordelia visited and they read some of his old letters together. States that several more of his family members have written to him. She has read many of his letters to her friends and family. She is sympathetic for the "poor afflicted" ones. |
| Subjects | Woman Author Women's History Travel Health and Medical Children and Family |
| People | Stark, Lydia (fl. 1862-1864) |
| Place written | Baldwinsville, New York |
| Theme | Children & Family; Health & Medicine; Women in American History |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Franklin W. Fuller from Howard, Illinois enlisted on 14 August 1862 as a Sergeant. He mustered into the I Company of the Illinois 74th Infantry on 4 September 1862. He was mustered out on 10 June 1865 in Nashville, Tennessee. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Brother |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Western Theater |
| Civil War: Unit | 74th Illinois infantry, I Company |